See the film on your choice during your field trip or group visit, including One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure, Wildest Weather in the Solar System, Our Solar System, Back To The Moon For Good and many others from COSI’s library of award-winning planetarium documentaries.

See the film on your choice during your field trip or group visit, including Tornado Alley, Titans of the Ice Age, D-Day: Normandy 1944, Wild Ocean, We the People and many others from COSI’s library of award-winning giant screen documentaries.

In 2012, COSI initiated an effort to improve the visual appeal and experience of our hallways and circulation spaces. With limited funding, we developed a combination of temporary experiences, painting, and permanent exhibit acquisitions. An effort was made to include content that would appeal to adults as well as family groups. The new experiences are planned with a nod to our permanent exhibit areas and grouped in collections as opposed to singular exhibits.

From gorgeous photography to thought-prevoking collections, enjoy these free, limited-engagement displays on your next visit.

Science Delivered at the Speed of Light. Videoconferencing connects your students with scientists, doctors, and experts in their fields with a LIVE interactive two-way experience with your school or from COSI.

COSI introduces students who dream of pursuing careers in science, math, engineering, or technology to professional scientists - giving them unique access to real world science. Students participate in lab experiments, learn to work together, and have fun!

Special Note: COSI's Teen Tech Studio is now open for kids of all ages and their parents (activities best suited for children ages 8+). During these hours, Teen Tech Studio is free, regardless of COSI admission.

Teens can hang out, mess around, and geek out in COSI's Teen Tech Studio during selected hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays to work with COSI mentors and explore technology. COSI's Teen Tech Studio offers multimedia activities for all ages, including audio/video production, 3D modeling, digital art, and video game design.

Using Apple's Logic Pro and Garageband software and audio freeware, COSI's Teen Tech Studio is a fully outfitted audio production space that allows teens to develop their skills in making beats with virtual instruments, using microphones to record voices and acoustic instruments, and taking that audio through the final process of editing and mixing. Teen Tech Studio's video production activities are presented in collaboration with WOSU Public Media and focus on allowing teens to learn lighting, filming, and editing techniques through the use of professional grade DSLR cameras, green screens, and Abode's Premiere software. The Teen Tech Studio also features 3D printers, Makey Makeys, video game consoles, and platforms for game and controller design.

Train to become a superhero with COSI. We will use the powers of electricity, magnetism, light, heat and speed to combat one sneaky scoundrel. No need to be a mutant, alien, or billionaire - we have science on our side!

Each participant will be given "powers" and will complete activities that represent those powers including:

The program lasts for 1 hour and can hold up to 30 students. The age range for this program is grades K-8. It is available for Franklin county and the contiguous counties. Outside counties can make arrangements for this program (additional travel fee applied).

Graphic Design 201

Participants will learn to build a frame and screen for screen printing. Using pre-cut wood, a drill, a staple gun, and screen mesh, participants will leave with an assembled frame that is ready to be covered with photo emulsion and exposed to light. The final steps will be demonstrated and instructions for home exploration will be supplied.

Graphic Design 101

Participants will use a variety of vector-based software (including Adobe Illustrator) to create an imagine of their choosing. Once created, participants will use a vinyl cutter to create both a sticker and an iron-on t-shirt decal.

Microscopy

Video Production 201

Using footage captured during Part 1, participants will work in teams to produce a finished video project. Teams will edit (using Adobe Premiere), gather b-roll, mix audio, and add accompanying music. The session will conclude with a viewing of video projects.

Video Production 101

Participants will work with DSLR cameras and learn basic camera functions: shutter speed, aperture, ISO, frame rates. Using these functions, they will learn to light, frame, and shoot a documentary-style interview. Additionally, participants will use Adobe’s Premiere software to explore green screen production.

Family Friday Night

Audio Production 201

Participants will learn how to take their music through the processes of tracking, mixing, and mastering. Using listening examples, various techniques will be explored, including mono vs. stereo recording and audio file formats (mp3, wav, etc.). Participants are encouraged to bring instruments to learn proper recording techniques.

Certified Educator Discounts

ASTC & ACM Members

Free exhibits admission with a current ASTC membership card; 50% off exhibits admission with a current ACM membership card. Maximum of 2 adults and 4 children admitted free to COSI for reciprocal ASTC members; 50% ACM discount is valid for up to six people. Science centers within 90 miles of one another are excluded from the program unless lifted by mutual agreement. Please call ahead to verify that you are eligible for the reciprocal admission benefit.

HOJO Museum Road Trip Package

Stay two nights at any Howard Johnson in the US & Canada (use the code SFA when booking) and you will receive two free tickets you can use at our museum all summer long. Special offer valid May & June 2015 and tickets can be used through Labor Day 2015.

Group Discounts

3D Printing 201

n this workshop, participants will use Blender software to colorize and edit their 3D scans (created in Part 1) and print them on one of COSI’s 3D printers. Autodesk’s Inventor will also be introduced and used to design printable objects.

Columbus Member Advantage

Start Date: Wednesday, 01 January 2014

End Date: Thursday, 31 December 2015

3D Printing 101

Participants will utilize Teen Tech Studio and learn Autodesk’s Tinkercad platform for 3D modeling. Through assistance from mentors, participants will design a house and 3D-print their design on one of COSI’s three 3D printers. Additionally, via an X-Box Kinect camera, each participant will be 3D scanned and saved as a printable file! Want to 3D print your scan? Check out part 2 of this workshop!

Explore force and motion as you work together to build a roller coaster. Put the force of gravity to work in COSI’s marble challenge. Engage in a hands-on experience to understand the science and design process that goes into engineering your favorite roller coasters.

Become part of an engineering team using the LEGO® MINDSTORMS robotics system. Learn what it means to program a robot to complete tasks. Put your new-found knowledge to the test to complete our robot obstacle course!

A groundbreaking film that uses spectacular visuals, cutting-edge 3D technology and CGI, pioneering scientific techniques and recent paleontological finds to bring the story of giant flying monsters to the giant screen. Audiences of all ages will be in awe as they enter a prehistoric world and experience as never before the real Flying Monsters that once ruled the skies.

Follow the perilous journey taken by millions of Monarch butterflies each year on one of the world’s most amazing migrations and the true-life story of an intrepid scientist who spend over 40 years searching for the Monarch’s secret winter hideaway.

With the help of chemistry, biology, and an inquiring mind, become a Crime Scene Investigator. Use your powers of observation to discover clues from a crime scene in your classroom. Use science to uncover the meaning of each clue to catch the culprit before it’s too late!